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SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1950
T PAGES THIS WEEK
TEN CENTS
ChamberCommerce
Will Move, Offer
Business Services
Building Adjoining
Sunrise Theatre
Will Be Office
The Southern Pines Chamber of
Commerce, which this week an
nounces the acquisition of a new
secretary, Mrs. Donald Scheipers,
also announced that it will have
a new home shortly, and will soon
be offering a whole set of brand-
new servioee.
President Arch F. Coleman said
a lease is being signed for the
Sunrise Theatre building annex,
following the wish of the new
board of directors to seciure an
office with ah entrance opening
directly on Broad street. In this
way it is felt more service can
be rendered to transients and
others in the town, he said.
The building is that formerly
occupied by Atkinson’s, directly
across from the passenger sta
tion. It will give the Chamber
considerably more room than it
has in its present quarters in the
Belvedere hotel.
Plans are being made to provide
a complete set of services for trav
elers and businessmen there; pub
lic stenographer, direct mail ad
vertising, mimeograph, addresso-
graph, long distan-'’ nay station
and also, for loc8'*^g^.;chants, a
billing service if
The credit ratifiS ..^occeau will
be continued there, as the Mer
chants association is to be reor-
(Continued on page 8)
Santa Claus Parade
Will Open Christmas
Season Here Saturday
National Guard
Passes Inspection
With High Rating
,The Regular Army took a look
at the local battery of the Na
tional Guard last week, and gave
it credit for doing a topnotch job.
Standing their annual inspec
tion last Wednesday night, the
Guardsmen came out with a Su
perior rating—the highest—^in
maintenance, and Excellent in
personnel arid administration.
The inspecting officer. Col. John
M. Schonholz IGD, Third Army,
McPherson, Ga., commended the
imit on its spirit and the fact that
it had “done so much with so lit
tle.” If it had not been for a lack
oif adequate space and facilities, it
would undoubtedly have achieved
the Superior rating in all depart
ments, he said.
Accompanying Colonel Schon
holz were Cbl. H. H. Harris, senior
Regular Army instructor for the
N. C. National Guard, and Master
Sgt. Young, administrative spe
cialist. from Third Army head
quarters.
The battery was present 100 per
cent for the one-hour formal in
spection, followed by an hour of
general drills and close-order
work, whidi occupied their reg
ular drill period.
Attending from battalion head
quarters at Raeford were Lieut-
^1. William Lamont, Jr., com
manding officer; Maj. T. B. Lester,
Jr., and Maj. Paul Dickson, of
Colonel Lamont’s staff; and Sgt.
William Marler, Regular Army in
structor for the battalion.
Arriving in the afternoon. Col
onel Schonholz inspected all the
xne 1950 Blue and White six-man football squad of Southern Pines High school, champions in their district and runner-up for the
Eastern Conference title, will be honored by the Southern Pines Elks Club at a banquet at the school cafeteria next Saturday evening,
December 16. Letters and stars will be awarded, and local fans will have opportunity to pay honor to their team. “Peahead” Walker,
famous coach of Wake Forest college, will be the speaker.
Above, the Blue and Whites: from left, front row, Franklin Johnson, manager; Joe Smith, Paul Warren, Tommy Ruggles, George
Morrison, Tommy Spease, David Page.
Second row—standing, Coach W. A. Leonard; seated, David Woodruff, David Bailey, Roy Newton, Marshall Palmer, Reginald Newbon,
Paul Williams, Eugene Lee, Dickie Mattocks; kneeling, Joe Horner, manager.
Third row—Coach A. C. Dawson, Jr., Carl Bowers, Richard Newton, C. L .Worsham, Coy Bowers, Bob Stewart, Gene Poe, Dick Ray,
Charles Coveil, and Alec McLeod, manager. ' (Photo by Emerson Humphrey)
SWORN TN
Twelve county officials were
sworn into office at Carthage
Monday morning.
Judge J. Vance Rowe ad
ministered the oath to Carl
ton C. Kennedy clerk of court,
at 9:30 o'clock. Mr. Kennedy
t*-en did the same for all the
others, ending with the boun
ty commissioners who came in
to start their monthly meeting
at 10.
No ceremony was held ahd
as soon as they were sworn
, in each officied buckled rigkl
down to work.
Post Office Gets
Ready For Rush;
Here Is Adviee
Old Saint Nick
Will Have Honor
Escort At 10 a.m.
Thieves Net Haul
At Jewelry Store
Via Theatre Lohhy
Thieves broke into Ormsby’s
Jewelry store early Saturday
morning, entering by way of the
adjoining Carolina theatre, and
made off with an estimated $1,400
worth of watches, rings and other
items from the Christmas display
in the window.'
John Ormsby, proprietor, said
an inventory taken Saturday
showed the loss of 23 watches
ranging in value from $39.95 to
$65 seven rings including several
men’s rings in gold with large
stones; four Ronson lighters and
a pair of sterling silver earrings
set with rhinestones.
Several leads are being follow
ed, said Chief C. E. Newton, but
Organize Here For
State Field Trials
if he had any definite clues he
did not reveal them. The SBI « T
was called in to assist with the ▼▼ aawaaac AjCJctUCl»
investigation.
The intruders also broke into
W. L. Wiggs’ and J. D. Hobbs’ in
surance office, on the other side
of the theatre lobby, and removed
a small amount of cash from a
drawer.
They came in by way of the
stage entrance at the back of the
theatre, where they cut or pried
open a lock, and crossed the dark
ened theatre to the lobby. Large
windows covered with curtains
give onto the lobby from the two
stores, one on each side. Behind eration, Inc. ^
the locked theatre door, the
thieves broke panes from each
window and climbed through.
To get into Ormsby’s, they had
to push aside a bench on the lob
by side and a cabinet on the other
side. Once in the store, they turn
ed off the master light switch in
a back closet, and went to work
with careful precision.
They removed the things from
the window without disturbing
Southern Pines Men Fight In Korea;
No Further Word of Prisoner of War
NEW MEMBER
The town of PineMtiff. one
of the few to have an all-GI
town board.—probably tha
only one in the state—swore
in a new member Monday
night to replace one who has
returned to the armed serv
ices. and. yes, he's another
ex-GI.
M. Harvey Lathan. a for
mer Navy man, stepped into
the place recently vacated by
Harry Howie, who resigned to
return to the Army Air Force
as a lieutenant.
Howie, a World War 2 air
man. was shot down over Ger
many and remained as pris
oner of war for many months,
until liberated by US forces.
A meeting of historic interest
for Tarheel sportsmen was held
Sunday afternoon at the South
land hotel here, when a group of
wildlife leaders organized the
Championship Field Trials assoc
iation of the N. C. Wildlife Fed-
equipment and interviewed the any of the small ornamental items
acting commander, Lieut. James they didn’t want. They emptied
L. Irvin, while Sergeant Young trash from a nail keg which was
inspected the records. I (Continued on Page 8)
Rain Fails To Stop Hunt
By E. O. Hippus
Scared of rain? Faces red?
Red faces don’t combine well
loping after a big red, viewed by
Morris Johnson, a switch to a
gray and a long piece of cold trail-
X. I ing. And the rain started. One by
with pink coats as a rule but that’s'ne, folks got discouraged and
the state of things among mem-1 went home till only the staff was
bera dt the Moore County field left: the master, and first whip,
thisweek, it is gloomily reported. I Mr. and Mrs. Ozelle Moss, and
It appears Thursday was a day Kirk Dutton, honorary whip,
of surprises in the hunting field, | Then is when the fun started,
not the least being what happened The cry got louder, the gailoping
after the rain started and the i got faster, and the rain poured
riding contingent went home, [harder. At the airport head
Starting off with a wild bursty hounds were pushing him hard
cm deer that split the pack and'and the 24 couple pack trium-
wasn’t stopped till the’ whips got phantly rolled him over near the
to tb^ heads around the Young old beaver dam.
place, the day ended with as fine
a hunt and kill as you could ask
for.
Between the two came hard gal-
Moral: never give up the ship. .
he laughs best who laughs last. . .
and a few other inappropriate, (?)
quotations.
The association will sponsor
North Carolina’s first statewide
field trials, with official trophies
offered annually for bird dogs,
foxhounds, coon dogs and beagles.
Meeting with the group were
Eugene McDonald of Pinehurst,
president of the Sandhills Wild
life club; J. A. Ferguson, Ed
Starnes and Herbert Cutter of
Southern Pines, and James W.
Tufts of Pinehurst. Others present
were Mr. McClamroch; Ross O.
Stevens, of Raleigh, executive
secretary of the Federation; D. K.
Sing, Charlotte, vice chairman of
the N. C. Wildlife Resources Com
mission; Clyde P. Patton, Raleigh,
director of the Commission; Max
Capel, of Mt. Gilead, Win Donat
and Rod Amundson of Raleigh,
who are connected with the Com
mission.
Also T. S. Scarborough, Rae
ford, P. K. Gravely, Rocky Mount;
Ralph E. Daniel, Durham; Vf'.
Prank Black and J. S. “Sandy”
Mitchell, Charlotte, and O. E.
Sharkey, Albemarle.
These constituted a planning
committee to follow up a resolu
tion made at the Federation’s an
nual convention that such field
trials be established, along the
lines of those held in Virginia
and some other states.
Mr. Sing and Mr. Patton,
speaking for the N. C
Town. Families
Await News As
War Grows Crucial
The families of Southern Pines
men fighting in Korea, and of one
who Was reported a prisoner more
than two months ago, have the
sympathy of the community at
this time at the start of what
should be the year’s happiest sea
son.
.Tu.<!t when neace seemed in
prospect, all hell broke loose over
there, as the Chinese communist
armies came swarming over the
border to psuh United Nations’
forces back the way they had
come, or to trap them in the North
Korean hills.
As this is written the situation
IS critical, and there seems no
way of knowing who is safe and
who is not. At least three local
men are in Korea, fighting the
most difficult sort of battle in sub-
freezing temperatures, against
deadful odds.
Cpl. Pete Myers, 22. brother of
Mrs. Lois Beauregard is believed
to be one of the U. S. Marines
trapped in the Changjin reservoir
area. His last letter was dated
October. It was then bitterly cold,
and he had been issued no winter
clothing—a situation which was
reported to have been remedied
since. •'‘We have lost so many men,
and the replacements are no new
and green that I am known as the
old man of our outfit,” wrote Pete,
a World War 2 veteran.
Cpl. Francis Shea, son of Mrs.
Frank Shea, was shipped out only
last September. He is 23 years old,
attached to a chemical motor bat
talion. This is his third year in
the Army, his first time overseas.
His recent letters also spoke of
the bitter cold, but gave no de
tails of what was going on.
Col. Stephen W. Holdemess is
with the I Corps of the Eighth
army, which has been pushed
back toward Seoul and at last re
ports was grouping to make an
other stand against the onrushing
hordes. Colonel Holdemess’ wife
and two little boys live on East
Indiana avenue. The officer, a
West Point graduate, was award
ed the Bronze Star a month ago
for gallantry in action.
Enduring a prolonged ordeal
The Southern Pines post office
is getting braced for the Christ
mas rush—hoping that people will
do their mailing early.
Beginning this Sunday, the post
office win be open for the mailing
of parcels from 2 to 6 each Sunday
afternoon, and next week will
start also keeping open on Satur
day afternoon.
It will be most helpful if peo
ple get their Christmas cards
mailed next week—but no matter
when you mail them, said Post
master A. Garland Pierce, on lo
cal mail use street number or box
The Sandpipers, 20-year-old' you do not do this,
golf organization of Southern'
Pines, is expanding its scope of
activities to take in aU of Moore guarantee no dehvery of mail not
county, and will hold its first
tournament under the new pro-| suggests buying sheets of
gram Sunday at the Pine Needles stamps for Christmas cards and
Golf club. letters by December 12, getting
This wiU inaugurate a year- out by December 15. He
round series of monthly touma- that ^ Clhristnias cards,
ments, in which all golf courses lauding local t^e a three-cent
in the county will be visited, sealed; if unsealed, two
Sandpipers Plan
County Program,
Monthly Tourneys
Membership is at the same time
cents.
By Army authority, the Nation-
te^the S^Adhilk an^wiAterreTi!'^
post office a two-and-a-half ton
being opened to all men golfers |
dents according to Leo Walner “ iwo-anu-xi-iitui ion
Sll, eSad S»dplparSS »■»* O'-
dent. Applications should be made
to the membership committee,
which is composed of the officers.
President Walper, George Pottle,
vice president, and R. L. Sugg,
secretary-treasurer; and directors
John Pottle, Will Wiggs, Barney
Aypry* Jack Carter and Joe Mon-
tesanti, Jr.
Membership has heretofore
been restricted to Southern Pines
(Continued on Page 5)
Cage Schedule
Listed, First
Game Tuesday
Basketball season for Southern
Pines boys will start next week
with the first game scheduled for
Tuesday night at Carthage.
Practice got under way in earn
est last week following the closing
of the football season with Coach
es Dawson and Leonard working
with the boys, Miss Lillian Ros-
enberger and Coach Leonard with
the girls. This will be the first
season they will have the advan
tage of practice in the new gym,
with its twin practice courts, from
the very start of the season, as its
opening last winter was delayed
until December 31.
The schedule for the Blue and
White quintet as announced this
inropk is as follows, with all games
starting at 7:30 p. m.
December 12, Carthage there;
15, Hamlet there; 19, Hamlet here;
22, 26, 29, to be announced.
January 2, to be announced; 5,
of waiting and praying is Mrs. 6, Morehead City here; 9, Vass-
Henry Bradford, who had word Lakeview here; 12, West End
October 1 from the Defense de- there; 16, Carthage here; 19, Pine-
partment, through the Interna- hurst here; 22 Robbins there; 24,
tional Red Cross, that her hus- Vass-Lakeview there; 26, Aber-
band was a prisoner of war. He deen here; 30, Maxton there,
had previously been reported February 2, West End here; 6,
missing in action. I Robbins here; 9, Pinehurst there;
No word has come since. The'13, Aberdeen there: 16. 17, More-
Moore County chapter, American bead City there; 20, Hope Mills;
Wildlife Red Cross through its home serv- 23. Maxton here.
Resources Commission, offered ice department has tried hard to February 27, March 2, 5, 6,
cooperation and all their facilities i find a clue_, but has to stop short ^ Moore Countv tournament, place
(Continued on Page 8) 1 (Continued on Page 5) ito be announced.
livery. It went to work this week,
with Yates Poe as driver, and
Postmaster Pierce is looking for
a handler to help for two weeks.
Want the job? Veterans prefer
red.
Also being hired for the Christ
mas season are a substitute car
rier and several clerks. Besides
the mail handler, he’s looking for
another substitute clerk.
Everything possible is being
done by the post office to expe-
done by the post office to get aU
(Continued on Page 8)
Parents Protest
Route Revisions;
Blue Seeks Relief
The Christmas season will
be officially opened here with
a parade at 10 o’clock Satur
day morning complete with
the school band, led by the
drum majorettes; Girl Scouts,
Brownies, Boy Scouts and Cub
Scouts, the fire truck, perhaps
a few other things—^just come
and see—and of course, old
Santa Claus himself.
He may not have reindeer,
but he’ll be there, to greet the
children of Southern Pines in
person as he pays his annual
pre-Christmas visit to find out
if they’ve been good.
Christmas music will hail
his entry into town, where he
will make one stop, in front of
the bank. There the old Saint
will alight, to shake hands
with the youngsters and hear
their Christmas wishes.
The parade, planned in his
honor by the Southern Pines
Chamber of Commerce, will
form on the town park at Ashe
street and New York avenue
at 9:30 a. m. It will proceed
to Broad street, march down
east Broad to Massachusetts
avenue, cross the railroad
track to West Broad and
thence to Connecticut, where
it will cross the tracfa again
;ind go back along East Broad.
Christmas lights have been
Strung downtown and mer
chants are putting in their
gayest window displays so the
whole town will be bright
with CTiristmas for the young
sters.
All of them are invited to
see the parade and to meet and
speak to Santa, said Arch F.
Coleman, Chamber of Com
merce president.
New Lions Club
Organized Here
With 11 Members
Rep. H. Clifton Blue will go to
Raleigh today (Friday) to visit the
“itate board of education in be
half of a large number of dis
turbed parents in Moore.
The shortening and revision of
a number of school bus routes
throughout the county by the
state, in an economy move, have
caused a number of hardship
"ases, it was learned. The parents
protested to the county board of
education, and a formal protest
was sent by the county board to
tlje state two weeks ago—^without
any result.
Many of the parents then visit
ed Representative Blue to get him
to take up their cause, which he
is doing.
In most of the cases, the change
in routing forces children to walk
distances parents feel is much too
far, frequently along busy high
ways. One case reported was that
of a primary grader who must
walk a half mile along the high
way, even though the bus goes
rieht past his home.
The changes were made by a
state representative several weeks
ago. Other revisions suggested by
the county board have failed to
meet with state approval, and
their efforts to secure more satis
factory routings have had no suc
cess.
The Southern Pines Lions club
was organized at a meeting held
Monday night at the First Baptist
church, at which temporary offi
cers were elected and plans made
for a Charter Night January 19.
With 11 members as a starter,
additional members are to be
sought to add to the charter list
before it is made official.
W. L. Baker was elected presi
dent pro tern, with Fred Chappell,
B. F. Godwin and W. S. Thomas-
son as first, second and third vice
presidents respectively; Arthur
R. Preiss, secretary-treasurer;
David Gamble, tail twister; Rus
sell Mills, lion tamer, and James
Clayton, membership chairman.
Others in the club so far are
Henry Clayton, Roy Clayton and
Maj. H. L. Antley.
The club will hold supper meet
ings weekly on Fridays in the
basement of the Baptist church,
starting at 6:30 and with the time
limited to one hour and 15’min
utes. The next meeting lyill be on
the evening of December 15.
Assisting in the organization
was Norman 'Trueblood, Lions In
ternational secretary for North
Carolina, and a group of members
from the sponsoring West End
club, including their organization
al chairman, John Meinnis. Con
siderable time was spent on going
over the projects and principles
of Lionism, a civic organization
dedicated to community service.
The major Lions project is aid to
the blind, with many related serv
ices which are carried on on a
club and interclub basis.
TO BE INDUCTED
'Twenty young Moore County
men will t^e a chartered bus at
Carthage early Tuesday morning,
to be inducted into the Army at
Fort Bragg, according to word
from Mrs. Harry W. Davis draft
clerk.